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The Sole Survivor Policy or United States Department of Defense Directive 1315.15 "Special Separation Policies for Survivorship" describes a set of regulations in the United States military, partially stipulated by law, that are designed to protect members of a family from the draft during peacetime or wartime if they have already lost family members to military service.
A sole survivor is a person who is the only survivor of a deadly incident. ... Sole Survivor Policy, a United States military policy; Lone Survivor (disambiguation)
The deadliest aviation disaster to have had a sole survivor was Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which crashed in Romulus, Michigan, on 16 August 1987, killing 154 of the 155 people on board the aircraft, as well as two people on the ground. The sole survivor of the crash was a 4-year-old girl named Cecelia Cichan, who was seriously injured. [3] [4]
People who were the sole survivor of an incident such as a military action, shipwreck, plane crash or massacre. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Helping lead to the adoption of the Sole Survivor Policy in National Military Establishment regulations in 1948 The Borgstrom brothers were four American siblings, including twin brothers, killed over a six-month period during World War II .
In the United States, a designated survivor (or designated successor) is a person in the presidential line of succession who is kept distant from others in the line when they are gathered together, to reduce the chance that everyone in the line will be unable to take over the presidency in a catastrophic or mass-casualty event.
Ensign George H. Gay Jr. (right), sole survivor of VT-8's TBD Devastator group, in front of his aircraft with his rear gunner, ARM3c George Arthur Field, while Hornet was in the Coral Sea, c. May 1942. During the Battle of Midway, Gay was the first of his squadron to take off from Hornet on June 4, 1942.
As a direct result of the Sullivans' deaths (and the deaths of four of the Borgstrom brothers within a few months of each other two years later), the U.S. War Department adopted the Sole Survivor Policy. [15] The Navy named two destroyers The Sullivans to honor the brothers: USS The Sullivans (DD-537) and USS The Sullivans (DDG-68). DD-537 was ...